EPA Plans to Require Cleaner Gas

By

Tennille Tracy

Updated March 28, 2013 7:26 p.m. ET

WASHINGTON—The Obama administration is moving forward with tough new standards to cut pollution from cars, prompting an outcry from refiners who say the proposal could raise the cost of producing gasoline by nearly 10 cents a gallon.

The Environmental Protection Agency, which says the rule will cost considerably less, is expected to say Friday that it wants to reduce the amount of sulfur in gasoline to an average of 10 parts per...